diff --git a/src/lib/mdns/Advertiser_ImplMinimalMdns.cpp b/src/lib/mdns/Advertiser_ImplMinimalMdns.cpp
index 2bc83bf49799d9..3e2f4b9daab4ae 100644
--- a/src/lib/mdns/Advertiser_ImplMinimalMdns.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/mdns/Advertiser_ImplMinimalMdns.cpp
@@ -273,6 +273,8 @@ CHIP_ERROR AdvertiserMinMdns::Start(chip::Inet::InetLayer * inetLayer, uint16_t
 {
     GlobalMinimalMdnsServer::Server().Shutdown();
 
+    Clear();
+
     ReturnErrorOnFailure(GlobalMinimalMdnsServer::Instance().StartServer(inetLayer, port));
 
     ChipLogProgress(Discovery, "CHIP minimal mDNS started advertising.");
@@ -316,7 +318,12 @@ void AdvertiserMinMdns::Clear()
 
 CHIP_ERROR AdvertiserMinMdns::Advertise(const OperationalAdvertisingParameters & params)
 {
-    Clear();
+    /* NOTE :
+     * Clear() method should not be called in Advertise()
+     * because for the devices which call Advertise() method more than 1 times i.e. advertise operational, commissionable, and
+     * commissioner needs the result to be additive. If Clear() is called at the beginning of these Advertise methods, then only the
+     * last call to Advertise will take effect.
+     */
     char nameBuffer[64] = "";
 
     /// need to set server name
@@ -380,7 +387,12 @@ CHIP_ERROR AdvertiserMinMdns::Advertise(const OperationalAdvertisingParameters &
 
 CHIP_ERROR AdvertiserMinMdns::Advertise(const CommissionAdvertisingParameters & params)
 {
-    Clear();
+    /* NOTE :
+     * Clear() method should not be called in Advertise()
+     * because for the devices which call Advertise() method more than 1 times i.e. advertise operational, commissionable, and
+     * commissioner needs the result to be additive. If Clear() is called at the beginning of these Advertise methods, then only the
+     * last call to Advertise will take effect.
+     */    
     // TODO: need to detect colisions here
     char nameBuffer[64] = "";
     size_t len          = snprintf(nameBuffer, sizeof(nameBuffer), ChipLogFormatX64, GetRandU32(), GetRandU32());